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单词 gentian violet
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gentian violet


gentian violet

a greenish crystalline substance, obtained from rosaniline, that forms a violet solution in water, used as an indicator, antiseptic, and in the treatment of burns

Gentian Violet

 

a medicinal preparation that is an anthelmintic and antiseptic agent. Gentian violet is administered internally for helminthic diseases such as enterobiasis and strongyloidiasis, and externally—in solution or salve —for pyoderma, sycosis, and some other skin diseases. Gentian violet is widely used for dyeing preparations in histological and especially in microbiological practice.

gentian violet

[′jen·chən ′vī·lət] (organic chemistry) methyl violet

gentian violet


gentian

 [jen´shan] the dried rhizome and roots of Gentiana lutea.gentian violet an antibacterial, antifungal, and anthelmintic dye, applied topically in the treatment of infections of the skin and mucous membranes associated with gram-positive bacteria and molds and also used to treat banked blood drawn from patients in areas endemic for Chagas' disease, to kill trypanosomes in the blood.

violet

 [vi´o-let] 1. the color produced by the shortest waves of the visible spectrum, beyond indigo, approximately 380 to 420 nm.2. a dye or stain with this color.crystal violet (gentian violet) (methyl violet) gentian violet; see under gentian.

gen·tian vi·o·let

(jen'shŭn vī'ō-let), An unstandardized dye mixture of violet rosanilins: it is also used topically as an antiinfective. See: crystal violet.

gentian violet

n. A dye used in microscopy as a biological stain and in medicine as a bactericide, fungicide, and anthelmintic.

gentian violet

Podiatry A topical antifungal used to manage dermatomycosis. See Gentian.

gen·tian vi·o·let

(jen'shŭn vī'ŏ-lĕt) An unstandardized dye mixture of violet rosanilins.

gentian violet

A solution of methylrosanilinium chloride, a pigment once widely used as a conspicuous skin application in cases of IMPETIGO but now considered politically incorrect in the Western world and has been replaced by more effective remedies. The drug is on the WHO official list.

gentian violet


Related to gentian violet: potassium permanganate
  • noun

Synonyms for gentian violet

noun a green crystal (violet in water) used as a dye or stain or bactericide or fungicide or anthelmintic or burn treatment

Synonyms

  • crystal violet

Related Words

  • antibacterial
  • antibacterial drug
  • bactericide
  • antifungal
  • antifungal agent
  • antimycotic
  • antimycotic agent
  • fungicide
  • anthelminthic
  • anthelmintic
  • helminthic
  • vermifuge
  • stain
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